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Jane Cassidy

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From: Co.Down

Active: 70s onwards

Lineup:
  • Jane Cassidy - vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, electric piano, electric harpsichord, synthesizer

    Bio:

    tbd.

    Her two Claddagh albums are not trad folk. They comprise mostly self-composed material. This varies in quality but there are some fine tracks on both.



    Discography:

    • Christmas Candle / The Cherry Tree Carol
    7" - Ashgrove Music - ASG 001 - IRL - 1980 - no PS
    A-side by Cassidy, B-side trad.arr.


    Antonio Breschi with Dave Hopkins & Jane Cassidy - Far Off Hills... An Impression Of Traditional Irish Music
    LP - Autogram Records - ALLP-804 - Germany - 1982

    Lineup:
    Antonio Breschi - piano, dulcimer, vocal
    Dave Hopkins - bodhran, tinwhistle, 'glassharp'
    Jane Cassidy - guitar, vocal(*)

    Notes: Antonio Breschi is Italian. He was a member of the international folk group Whiskey Trail in 1973. They released three LPs. "Far Off Hills..." is his third solo LP following "Irish Meets The Blues" (1979) and "Bound for America" (1981). The album was recorded in Germany in 1982 and included Jane Cassidy and fellow Co.Down native Dave Hopkins.

    • Waves of Time
    LP - Claddagh Records - CCF ?? - 198?


    • An Empty Road
    LP - Claddagh Records - CCF 14 - 1985 - insert
    Produced and engineered by Shaun Wallace
    Recorded at Homestead Studios, Randalstown, Co.Antrim.

    Notes: All tracks Cassidy originals or trad.arr.

    Jane Cassidy - vocals, piano, electric piano, electric harpsichord, acoustic guitar, synthesizer
    Brian Irvine - rhodes & synth [2]
    Neil Martin - cello [2, 4], uileann pipes [4]
    Norman Sykes - bass [2, 5, 10]
    Strings arranged by Neil Martin and Shaun Wallace [1,2, 3, 7]
    Andy Irvine - mandolin [3], harmonica [6]
    Enda Walsh - synthesizers [3, 4, 5, 7, 10] pipe organ [5], electric piano [6] piano [10]
    Brian Irvine - synthesizers [4, 7, 9]
    Shaun Wallace - drum machine [4] electric guitar [7, 10]
    Davy Sloan - backing vocal [5, 9]
    Arty McGlynn - acoustic guitar [5, 6, 7, 9]
    Nollaig Casey - fiddle [5, 6] whistle [9]
    Brendan McGarrity - drums [5, 10]
    Malachy Doris - accordion [9]






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